Qian Renxue's Sudden Arrival

Nan Li raised a hand and snapped her fingers. A flickering flame danced at her fingertips. "Little turtles, have you stared long enough?"

If they wanted to look, they should do so openly. What kind of skill was hiding off to the side?

Cowardly turtles.

Nan Li turned around, and the flame flew in the direction of her raised arm. A trail of red heat waves lingered in the air like a fiery tail.

As it neared the crowd, the flame rapidly stretched and extended, forming a slender ring of fire that encircled several people on the other side.

Among those trapped inside, one of the younger children cried out in alarm, "What is this? A soul skill?"

"Shut up! What are you yelling for?" A boy shoved aside the person in front of him and lifted his chin at Nan Li.

"Hmph. I thought you were someone impressive. You're just a little girl who hasn't even grown her feathers yet."

This person was Zhang Ruofeng, a sixth-year student.

The head of the Zhang Family had originally been the Nuoding City Lord's deputy. But last year, when the city lord's son, Xiao Chen Yu, graduated from the Primary Soul Master Academy, the Xiao Family head's term came to an end, and the entire Xiao Family relocated to the central city of Fasnuo Province.

Now, Nuoding City's lord was Zhang Ruofeng's father.

Zhang Ruofeng had once been one of Xiao Chen Yu's lackeys. However, he believed that his talent was no worse than Xiao Chen Yu's. He had only been forced to lower his head because his father served beneath another.

Sure enough, when he advanced to fifth year last year, his Soul Power reached level ten. He successfully obtained his First Soul Ring—and it was a Century Soul Ring! So what if Xiao Chen Yu had once been the city lord's son? His First Soul Ring had only been a Decade Soul Ring.

Now that my father is the city lord too, and my talent is even greater than Xiao Chen Yu's, I no longer have to humbly serve as anyone's lackey!

Zhang Ruofeng's Martial Soul was a Rhinoceros. As he released his Soul Power and activated Martial Soul Possession, dark green Soul Power swirled around him. His skin seemed to be covered in a layer of bluish-gray leather, dotted with scattered grayish-brown spots.

The muscles all over his body bulged, and Zhang Ruofeng's entire body doubled in size. The horn on his forehead gleamed bluish-gray in the sunlight. He glanced at the slender ring of fire, leaned forward slightly, and, seeing that it did not seem particularly harmful, strode proudly through it.

Nan Li folded her arms and watched him without saying a word, her eyes having already locked onto him.

While they had been eating in the cafeteria just now, several people had already explained the relationship between Xiao Chen Yu and Zhang Ruofeng.

They were just children. It was normal for them to compare themselves with one another.

"You're Nan Li, right? I know you. You're that little sparrow who used to play house with Xiao Chen Yu, aren't you?" Zhang Ruofeng said disdainfully. He did not often follow Xiao Chen Yu around. He had only heard before that Xiao Chen Yu had been defeated by a little girl named Nan Li, supposedly a flying-type Soul Master.

"Hahaha—" The people behind Zhang Ruofeng burst into unrestrained laughter, and their mockery gave him a little more confidence.

"I'm telling you, my maternal cousin's aunt-by-marriage is a teacher at the academy, a powerful Soul Elder! You'd better know what's good for you, or... ah—"

"Ah?" The students watching the show around them were deeply confused. What did "you'd better know what's good for you, or ah" mean?

"Let me go! Let me go!" Nan Li grabbed Zhang Ruofeng by the collar and carried him into the air. The crowd rapidly shrank in his vision. He saw the cafeteria roof, the teaching building, the dormitories, the entire Nuoding Academy...

"Ahhhhhhh—"

"Behave yourself. A Rhinoceros getting the chance to fly is a rare thing."

Zhang Ruofeng kept flailing wildly. Nan Li grabbed his belt with her other hand and threatened, "If you don't behave, I'll drop you!"

"Put... put me down! My dad is the city lord!"

Then he saw the academy's back mountain.

"My maternal cousin's aunt-by-marriage is a Soul Elder!"

Zhang Ruofeng saw the street beside the academy and the lake at the foot of the back mountain.

"Our family has the final say in Nuoding City— I... I... have... people... at... the... academy...!"

The cold wind howled. Zhang Ruofeng's robes flapped violently, and even his voice was scattered by the wind.

Nan Li flew above the lake on the back mountain. "Look at this lake. Isn't it beautiful?"

Zhang Ruofeng was trembling with fright. The wind had smeared his tears and snot all over his face.

"I'm asking you a question!" Nan Li pretended to loosen one hand.

"Y-yes... it's b-beautiful!" Zhang Ruofeng was only an eleven- or twelve-year-old child. He had been spoiled and flattered since childhood, and he was used to being arrogant.

Now, fear had seized his entire heart. "P-please, put me down... boohoo..."

"Don't cry. You're filthy. If you keep crying, I'll throw you down there to take a bath." Nan Li's tone was cool.

"Nan Li!"

The Third Elder had arrived at Nuoding Academy at some point. He transmitted his voice directly to her ears. "Xue Qinghe has come again, along with that Titled Douluo from last time. He brought no fewer people than before, and they're all from Spirit Hall!"

"That's enough. Hurry up and put him down." The Third Elder had a headache. Human Soul Masters were so fragile; they could not withstand much rough treatment.

"Do you know your mistake now?" Nan Li shook her arm.

"I-I do... ah—"

Nan Li flapped her wings and dove straight down.

"Ahhh—ah?" When Zhang Ruofeng opened his eyes, he was already standing by the lake. He raised his sleeve and wiped his face haphazardly. When he looked around again, Nan Li was nowhere to be seen.

Meanwhile, Nan Li hurried back to the academy to look for Xiao Wu.

Nan Li went to the Seventh Dormitory first, but no one was there.

Then she went to the cafeteria. No one there either.

The classroom, still no one.

"Where has that little rabbit run off to again? Why does she run around all day long? And that Qian Renxue, always running around outside. Isn't she afraid of being discovered?" Nan Li cursed Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue a hundred times each in her heart.

The Third Elder spread out his Spirit Power to investigate. "Nan Li, the Teacher Dormitory building."

The Third Elder's voice rang by her ear. Nan Li changed direction and headed straight for the top floor of the dormitory building.

So that's where she ran off to—Yu Xiaogang's place!

If even one of the people Bibi Dong had sent to protect Yu Xiaogang had been a Titled Douluo, that rabbit Xiao Wu would never have walked out of Nuoding City alive!

Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" had gone out to train, and Qian Renxue seized the opportunity to head straight for Nuoding Academy.

After thinking it over, she decided that, to avoid further complications, she might as well take Tang San back directly. If soft methods did not work, she would use force. No matter what, she had to take him away!

And Yu Xiaogang... at worst, she would act first and report afterward. Before the great undertaking was complete, her mother would not do anything to her. He was only a man; in a few years, her mother would no longer care.

Thinking of her previous life, one of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had become the future Imperial Tutor, while the other had become the future State Preceptor. Yet the grand undertaking they had plotted for years had ultimately allowed Xue Beng to reap the benefits. How wonderful!

On the other side, after Nan Li rushed into the Teacher Dormitory building, she picked up Xiao Wu and ran. She gestured for the Third Elder to retreat first, but before they could even leave the building, she discovered that the people Qian Renxue had brought had surrounded every exit of Nuoding Academy.

Nan Li shoved Xiao Wu into a storage room, covered Xiao Wu's mouth with one hand, and made a gesture for silence. Nan Li concealed her presence and stared into Xiao Wu's eyes, silently mouthing: Spirit Hall.

Xiao Wu's entire body trembled. Her pink eyes widened in shock, and her pupils contracted.

"Click." The door opened.

Footsteps sounded.

"What are you doing, A'li?"

It was like a bolt of thunder from a clear sky. The hairs on the back of Nan Li's neck instantly stood on end!